john_parker Reviews

Cinéma, de notre temps: Où gît votre sourire enfoui? (2001) Season 1, Episode 35

A movie about cinema and the relationship between two directors trying to survive in the movie industry. Interesting and stimulating.

[10/10 · 29 January 2003]

This is another great film by Pedro Costa , a movie about the relationship between a couple of directors ( Danièle Huillet and Jean-Marie Straub) that are trying to edit the film «Sicília!». During that process Straub and Huillet talk about general and particular aspects of the movie industry, in a extremely interesting dialogue. Very good film . 7/10

In Vanda's Room (2000)

An Absolute Masterpiece! One of the most powerful films ever!

[10/10 · 29 January 2003]

Pedro Costa´s «No Quarto da Vanda» is a dramatic picture of our present reality with real people that live day after day trying to find a way to explain their actual state, as drug addicts. It is also a film about generations full of addictions and social problems that don´t have any solution yet... Powerful, contagious and extremely real this is «No Quarto da Vanda» , an absolute masterpiece! 10/10

In Vanda's Room (2000)

A Masterpiece! One of the best films of 2000.

[10/10 · 26 January 2003]

«No Quarto da Vanda» is one of the most powerful films that i have ever seen.It´s a perfect picture of our actual reality. Drugs are the cause of poverty in a great amount of civilized and non-civilized countries.

Pedro Costa´s «No Quarto da Vanda» is certainly an alert for those people that still live in a magic world full of happiness and joy... Impressive and cruelly real!

Luis Mendonça, John-Parker. 10/10.